The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Babagana Zulum has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Borno State, beating his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) closest rival, Muhammad Imam with over one million votes difference.

In a result announced today, Monday by the Returning Officer in the state for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Alhassan Gani, the APC candidate polled 1,175, 440 votes while the PDP candidate scored 66, 115 votes.

Professor Gani said that INEC had registered 2,316,218 voters in the state, out of which 1,292,138 voters were accredited for the election. He added that a total of 1,289,027 votes were cast, out of which the APC polled 1,175,440 votes and PDP scored 66,115 votes.

The returning officer said that a total of 1,266,967 valid votes and 22,060 rejected votes were recorded in the election contested by 32 candidates.

According to him, the APC candidate polled the highest votes cast in the 27 local government areas and fulfilled the requirements of the law.